Method of lacing and the product obtained thereby



R. T. ALLIS METHOD OF LACING AND THE PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY Original Filed July 29, 1933 Patented Oct. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD OF LACING AND THE PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY Original application July 29, 1933, Serial No. 682,744. Divided and this application January 12, 1935, Serial No. 1,561

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a method of lacing and to the product obtained thereby, and has as its main object and feature the provision of a lacing more economical of space and neater in 5 appearance than the well-known criss-cross method of double lacing.

In the accompanying drawing the invention is shown in elevation in a concrete and preferred form with the lacing applied to two adjacent sec- 1 tions or panels of a corset.

I and Sindicate two adjacent but spaced-apart sections of a corset. Adjacent the two longitudinal edges la and 3a of said sections, are arranged two opposed rows of eyes la and 3a,

15 the eyes of each row being in fixed relation to each other. One end of the strand or lace 5 is inserted in one of the uppermost eyes la and the strand drawn through the eye almost its entire length, leaving enough projecting beyond 20 the eye to admit of tying or otherwise fastening; strand 5 is then drawn in horizontal direction across to and threaded into and. through the opposite eye of the series 3a and drawn back in reverse horizontal direction and threaded 25 again into the first-mentioned eye of the series la; and then drawn downwardly, as here illustrated, and threaded into the next eye below of the la series of the eyes, then again horizontally across to and through the opposite eye of the 311.

30 series, and then back to and again through the second-mentioned eye of the la series, and so on until the desired length has been laced. One

end of the strand will then be projecting at the beginning of the lacing and the other end, which 35 hasbeen used for threading, at the termination of the lacing and these ends may be fastened in any suitable manner, by tying, as shown in the drawing, or etherwise. As here illustrated, eyes have been employed to engage strand 5 but loops, 40 eyelets or apertures, or any other suitable device, may be used. It is, however, preferable to use a device that projects beyond the edges of the par-ts to be laced together such as eyes or loops, rather than apertures or eyelets, because, there being no overlapping by the strand of the parts to be laced together, as there must be when eye- 5 lets or apertures are used, a flatter and heater appearance is produced with the lacing all on one side of the garment. This lacing may, of course, be employed for other uses than that shown here. It will be noted that, after threading has been effected, the lacing may be tightened or loosened This application is a division of one filed July 29, 1933, Ser. No. 682,744.

I claim: 1. The method of threading a single strand through two opposed rows of eyes, the eyes of each row being in fixed relation to each other, which consists in threading one end of the strand through an eye in one row, then through the opposite eye in the other row, then again through the first-mentioned eye and then through the next, eye in the same row, and in. repeating this operation until the desired length has been threaded. 2. As an article of manufacture, a lacing for joining two parts together, devoid of the usual diagonal criss-crossing of strands, comprising a single strand and two opposed rows of eyes for engagement therewith, arranged respectively along the outer edges of the parts to be joined, the eyes of each row being in fixed relation to each other, and said strand stretching across the two opposed rows in horizontal direction and being in engagement once with the eyes of one row and twice with the eyes of the other row and overlapped upon itself in the horizontal direction and progressing in longitudinal direction along one of said rows of eyes.

40 ROBERT T. ALLIS. 

